Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 eBook

The drainage of the estate has been arranged on the
dual system, the surface water being kept separate
from the sewage drains. Nowhere have these drains
been carried through the houses, but they are taken
directly into drains at the back, having specially
ventilated manholes and being brought through at the
ends of terraces into the road sewers; the ventilating
openings in the roads have been converted into inlet
ventilators by placing upcast shafts at short intervals,
discharging above the houses. This system of
ventilation was adopted on the recommendation of Mr.
W.A. De Pape, the engineer and surveyor to the
Tottenham Local Board.

All the houses are constructed with a layer of concrete
over the whole area of the site, and a portion of
the garden at back. Every room is specially ventilated,
and all party walls are hollow in order to prevent
the passage of sound. A constant water supply
is laid on, there being no cisterns but those to the
water-waste preventers to closets. All water
pipes discharge over open trapped gullies outside.

The materials used are red and yellow bricks, with
terracotta sills, the roofs being slated over the
greater part, and for the purpose of forming an agreeable
relief, the end houses, and in some cases the central
houses, have red tile roofs, the roofs over porches
being similarly treated. The houses are simply
but effectively designed, and the general appearance
of the finished portion of the estate is bright and
cheerful. All end houses of terraces have been
specially treated, and in some cases having rather
more accommodation than houses immediately adjoining,
a slightly increased rental is required. There
are five different classes of houses. The first
class houses (which we illustrate this week) are built
on plats having 16 ft. frontage by 85 ft. depth, and
containing eight rooms, consisting of two sitting rooms,
kitchen, scullery, with washing copper, coal cellar,
larder, and water-closet on ground floor, and four
bedrooms over. The water-closet is entered from
the outside, but in many first-class houses another
water-closet has been provided on the first floor,
and one room on this floor is provided with a small
range, so that if two families live in the one house
they will be entirely separated. The rental of
these houses is about 11s. to 11s. 6d. per week.
Mr. Rowland Plumbe, F.R.I.B.A., of 13 Fitzroy Square,
W., is the architect.—­Building and Engineering
Times.

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ENLARGING ON ARGENTIC PAPER AND OPALS.

By A. Goodall.

[Footnote: Read before the Dundee and East of
Scotland Photographic Association.]